Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 6, 1909, Page 1

- the city; that he believed in sub- VOLUME 6. NUMBER 29§ BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, VENING, APRIL § 1000, Trigthetaroorrap: FORTY CENTS PER MONTH CHARGES AGAINST STREET COMMISSIONER REJECTED City Council Voted to Uphold Commissioner at Last Night's Meeting, Holding that No Real Wrongful Act Had | Been Intended rrvos e et e ms 3| GOVEPIOT JOhNSONn Conformed With the Desire Last evening’s meeting of the city council developed into pretty much of a “gabfest,” as a result of charges preferred against Street Commis- sioner James R. Miller and two| saloonkeepers, in which much ora- tory was turned loose; and also as| a result of an attempt on the part of the city clerk to collect the pay of the clerk of the water board, which was not due the city clerk. There was a large and interested number of spectators present, who had expected there would be “‘some- thing doing.” The first matter of importance to be taken up was the petition of| Mayor Pogue for the dismissal of Street Commissioner James R. Miller. | D. H. Fisk appeared as attorney for Mr. Miller and asked that the| action be dismissed on the ground that the document purporting to‘i set forth charges against Mr. Miller | failed to set forth a cause of action against the defendant or to charge him with the violation of any laws of the state of Minnesota. Mr. Fisk stated that the document filed by Mr. Pogue failed to prefer any vio- lations of any official duty as street| commissioner and that the document | attacked the official character and | integrity of the defendant without | any foundations whatever therefor. | M. Fisk addressed the council at length along this line. City Attorney Gibbons stated that a point of law was that in the buy-i ing of some commodities for the| city where the amounts were in‘ excess of $100 the city should ad-| vertise for bids for same which had not been done. ! Alderman Johnson stated that in|) his belief Street Commissioner Miller was doing nothing but his duty; in| fact, the purchasing committee of | the city council bought the timber and Street Commissioner Miller’s| action in o. k.ing the bill was simply o. k.-ing as far as the ac- knowledgement of receipt of the timber by said city. Alderman George W. Rhea stated | that he was chairman of the pur-} chasing committee who made this purchase of timber at $15 per thou- sand, where timber formerly was bought at $26 per thousand. Mr. Rhea said.the material was badly needed for street work at the time and that the city got the best deal in lumber it had ever had. Mayor Pogue, in his address to the council, stated, that in his opinion, Mr. Miller did not defraud servance of the city laws, and that the point in question was that the caty should have advertised for bids on this amount of timber; that the way the timber was purchased, no one else had a chance to bid on| this amount of lumber. ~ Mr. Pogue further stated that, in his opinion, the council did- wrong in buying this, and that as Mr. Miller o. k.-ed the bill, Mr. Mil’er, in his opinion, was the guilty party. Mr. Pogue also stated that no charge of dis-| honesty or incompetence was made by him against Mr. Miller. By an unanimous vote the council dismissed the action. Mr. Rosen and Jens Hanson, two local saloon keepers, were the mnext | parties to be brought “on the car-| pet.” They were cited to appear and show cause why their licenses to sell intoxicating liquors should not be revoked, they being charged with | harboring dissolute characters and keeping their places of business open | at unlawful hours. C. W. Scrutchin appeared as attorney for Rosen and F. A. Jackson represented Hanson. On agreeing to “be good” and to hereafter observe the laws relative to| the sale of liquors Rosen and Han- | son were allowed to continue their business. i The application of Maloy & Carri- | make the done by motion and not otherwise The matter was finally settled by Alderman Gould, chairman of the | auditing board, erasing the i gan for license to sell intoxicating cussion, which at times was gquite heated, and their bond was accepted | and filed. When it came to the allowance of bills the city pav roll for April was placed before the audit board which later discovered that City Clerk Maloy had placed the salary of the clerk of the water board to his own | personal credit, instead of the regularly-appointed clerk water board, William McCuaig. A heated discussion grew out of this, the council ordering Mr. Maloy to! proper change. Mr. Maloy contended that it should be. | THE CASS LAKE ot te| D. D. Miller, Bemidji, Minn. i BILL VETOED. e ey | S of the Majority of the People in the Normal School Zoge. owning e which says: St. Pauf;; April 6, 3 p. m. Cass Lake normal bill vetoed by Governor Johnson. ---T. J. Miller. dynamite in clearing land. name | (Continued on last page.) Subseribe for the E’ioneer WILL DEMONSTRATE THE EXPERT USE OF DYNAMITE State Farm to Work in Conjunction With Powder Com- pany Expert.—Meeting Will Be Held in Bemidii Tuesday, April 27th. “Through the good work of Supt. A. J. McGuire of the state farm, the farmers of northern Minnesota will have an opportunity to witness prac- tcal demonstoations of theMuse £l amount of land that may be cleared r. Mc- . Guire has succeeded in interesting powder companies in the business possibilities for them of land clear- ing by use of dynamite and the Du- pont Powder company is responding by offering to send am expert and furnish explosive free of charge in demonstration work. The following 10,000 yards of Fine Val. Lace White Flaxab for Graduation and Confirmation Dresses 20c, 22c and 25c a yard LEARY & BOWSER Ladies’ About 100 pairs light colored Kid week, $1.19 a pair. $1.50 and $2.00 qualities, this Ladles Tailored Here you’ll find the latest %}l(pligssst. wg‘;_ gooT%iyca;I.g models in Ladies’ and Miss- | beauties. Nowhere else in b ¥ Bemidii will you see as es Suits, and the new shades fresh, stylish garments. including stone green, taupe Suits and plum.. 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An expert demonstrator will be | bulletin on the subject announcing in Bemidji on Tuesday, April 27th, for the purpose of showing those °“t by Mr. McGaire: stump-covered lands the proper way of using dynamite in the handling and use of dynamite, removine the stumps, according to | Affangements have been made with the Grand Rapids Independent, the Farmers’ Institute to hold meet- dates of exhibitions has been sent “In order to give instructions in ings in different sections of North- eastern Minnesota and conduct actual work in blasting stumps. “An exgert will be employed to do the work, and from 50 to 100 pounds of dynamite used showing the with this amount of dynamite and the time required. ““The meetings will be as follows: Grand Rapids, April 19; Bagley, Monday, April 26; Bemidji, Tuesday, April 27; Mizpah, Wednesday, April 28; Aitkin, Friday, April 30; Bar- num, Saturday, May 1; Duluth, Monday, May 3. “It is expected that not onmly (the farmers living tributary shall attend these meetings but the farm- ers who may reach the place by train. Delegates should be sent from every farmers club and where the farmers club does not exist from the township. “Some phase of institute work will be discussed at the meeting in connection with the instructions in clearing land. “Everything free.” FARMERS' MEETING HELD Professor A. J. McGuire and Others Gave Advice on Dairying and the Clearing of Land. A very important meeting of the farmers and othsrs interested in diversified farming and dairying | throughout Cass county adjoining Pequot was held at Pequot yes. terday, the meeting being made a mass affair, which was ad- dressed by noted speakers who are considered standard authorities on farming and dairying. The meet- |ing was attended by many living along the line of the M. & L. rail- way south of Bemidji. The annual meeting of the Cass County Agricultural association was held in conjuction with the farmers’ meeting, and officers of that organi- | zatson wereelected for the ensuing year, this action occupying the en- | tire forenoon, a few commendatory words being spoken by those in at- tendance. In the afternoon, the session was |devoted to talks on dairying by a professor from the State Agricul* tural school at St. Anthony Park. He advised the farmers to purchase | pure-bred dairy sires on the co-oper- ative plan, and the growing of fodder corn, roots and clover for {winter feeding. The speaker also advised the men to get a creamery as soon as they had 500 cows tri- butary to that section that could furnish the cream necessary to oper- ate such an institution. Prof. A. J. McGuire, superinten- dent of the Northeast Experiment Farm at Grand Rapids, gave a talk on the use of dynamite in clearing lands, and announced a meeting to be held at Bemidji on Tuesday, April 27th, when an expert from a powder factory would give a demonstration of the best method of destroying stumps by the use of dynamite. Much interest was shown in the talks of the speakers, and especially as to what Prof. McGuire said rela- tive to the use of dynamite and the demonstration to be made at Bemidji. Why Pay Rent? ‘We loan money on city property ‘which you can repay in monthly payments. The T. J. Miller Com- ‘pany. AT PEQUOT YESTERDAY -